Means for the protection of carpets and the like.



N. HARROP.

MEANS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CARPETS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. I9I8.

Pateilted Aug. 27, I918.

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I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Au g 27, 1.918

ear fi e Mar 951 se ia Y 36 To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that-I, NATHAN l-IARnor, a subject of the King of England,and residing at Hoylake, in the county of Chester, England, haveinvented Improved Means for the Protection of Carpets and thelike', ofwhich the following ,is a specification.

This invention has reference to attachable and detachable means ordevices for the protection of carpets and the like, and esaid of same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation partly in section of theappliance; Fig. 2 is a plan of same, and Fig. 3 is a plan of one of thearticles or devices used.

In the drawings, 1 represents the protector proper; 2, 3, represent afoundation or substratum of two laminae of strawboard, mill board, orthe like, on which the linoleum, wood, or like protector proper 1 issecured; 4 is the carpet; 5 is a socket device in the end of thefoundation portion 2, 3; and 6 is a hook or tongue on the plate 7adapted to fit within the metal socket 5; the

front hook portion 8 of the platewhich lies on the flat 9 of the stairthe rounded edge of the flat.

The socket 5 consists of a thin sheet metal device, the sheet of whichit is formed by being bent round into a shallow socket, of justsufiicient size to take the tongue 6 of the hook or plate device 7 andthe meeting ends of the piece of metal coming together on the top asshown in Fig. 2 in the case shownor it may be below. It is provided atthe top and bottom with shallow flanges 10, and it lies within thecut-out recess 12 in the upper foundation lamina 2.

The hook plate devices 6, 7, 8, in use, rest on the flat of the stair asstated, with their front portion 8' fitting snugly against the roundedfront edge of the stair flat; and the carpet at lies over the plate 7its edge being coteirminous with the edge of the pro extending overtector 1; and the hook plate device is so placed that the edge of thecarpetwill come up close to v.the bend r the hook 6, which as will beseen, projects beyond the outside edge of the plate 7, so that thecarpet'vvill overlap andthoroughly cover the plate.

The edge "of the protector 1 comes up against the upper flange 10 of thesocket 5, and the outer edge of the base lamina 3 comes up against thelower flange 10.

The socket 5 is secured to the foundation 2 by cutting out of the plateof which it is formed, V-shaped prong parts 14, and extending them outhorizontally, and having their ends passed up through the material, andclenched on the upper side, as indicated in Fig. 2; there being in thecase shown, one at each edge and one at the back of the socket.

On the underside of the lower foundation lamina 3, is-or are one or morehooks 15,

the body of each of which is provided with prongs similar to the prongs14 on the socket 5, and passed through the material, and clenched on theupper side. These hooks engage the edge of the carpet, and the hook orhooks may lie wholly, orpartly, Within the main holding plate hook 6 asshown, or

.they may be outside same in the case of there being two at each end ofthe protector.

It will thus be seen in this arrangement and construction, that first ofall, the protector or the foundation or base portion of it, whichpractically forms a portion of it, has let into its edge, a socket, andalso is adapted to engage the edges of the carpet by the hooks 15. Then,in addition to this, there is the other hook portion which also engagesthe edge of the carpet, and extends under it, and engages and holds theends of the protective tread device proper, and alsoengages the frontedge of the stair flat or tread.

By these means there is provided a simple and secure attachment or meansfor holding protective treads in position on the carpet, and alsocreeping actions, as small movements of the device in relation to thecarpet,

are avoided; and the protective tread, and the carpet together, are keptfirm and mad tically immovable under the hardest normal wear and actionto which stair carpets are subjected; while at the same time aninexpensive yet durable construction of parts is furnished, as all themetal parts can be made out of pressed sheet metal, and do not bulge thecarpet, or produce unevenness, and are practically unnoticeable' What isclaimed is 1. Means for the protection of carpets, comprising a metalhook or plate adapted to lie on the stair flat, and its front to comeagainst the front edge of same, and having a hook or tongue on one sideextending inward; a protector portion having a metal socket let into itsedge between the upper and lower surfaces of the protector, so as,

'not to project, and a hook or hooks at the edge of the under side ofthe protecting device and adapted to engage the edge of the carpet;substantially as set forth.

2.- Means for the protection of carpets comprising a protector properhaving in each edge a metal socket sunk or recessed into same, andadapted to receive the tongue of a hook device, and a downwardlyextending hook or hooks at the edges of the protector device and securedto the underside of same; substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

NATHAN HARROP.

Witnesses SOMERVILLE GOODALL, PERCY SHARRO OK.

\ Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

